Last week’s QVM
letter to all traders regarding arrangements for additional trading days at
Christmas raised concerns from traders on two fronts.
Firstly there
was the decision to treat the additional Monday and Wednesday trading days in
Christmas week as “special markets” rather than just apply the standard
template. Using past practice, the Monday would have been declared, say a “Tuesday”,
for the purpose of stall allocations and the Wednesday, say a “Thursday”.
Traders like the comfort of knowing where they are likely to trade when
deciding whether to take up extra trading opportunities.
However, QVM
wants to allocate stalls on these two days in a structured way that will avoid
last year’s blank spaces (apparently there were a number of absentees) and make
our market look more appealing to customers. In addition they want to create
extra parking for our customers at this very busy time for the market. The plan
is to create a full market in C, D, and E sheds on the Monday and Wednesday with
car parking extending from the asphalt car park into J, K, and L sheds as it
does normally on non-trading days. We understand that Market Officers have
already started the process of asking applicants where they would like to be positioned
in C, D, and E sheds and they will be making every effort to accommodate individual
wishes. If C, D, and E sheds become full, the market will extend into J shed.
The
second
point of concern related to SL traders who trade on Thursdays and Fridays having to pay extra rent
for the
additional trading days. Rents have been announced for the
special markets at $23.45 per single stall. Essentially there is
no argument with PE License
holders paying rent. They only pay for the days they operate
their stalls. SL Traders on the other hand pay monthly rental which includes trading
and non-trading days, and public holidays which happen to fall on normal
trading days. It was felt that SL traders, having lost two trading days
(Thursday Christmas Day and Friday Boxing Day) were being unfairly treated. In
a sense they have already paid for those days in their monthly rent and asking
them to pay additional rent for the special Monday and Wednesday required
re-consideration.
Trader
Representatives and management discussed this issue at length at a special meeting on Thursday and management
have today announced a compromise that will allow SL traders a rebate. “If an SL
trader trades on both the Monday and the Wednesday, the cost of 1 day will be
rebated (ie: the trader will get 2 days trade for the price of 1). The rebate will be processed to your account
after Christmas.”
Full details
will be explained in a special Trader Bulletin to be distributed over the
weekend.
Have Your Say - click here.
COMMENTS:
05/12/2014 20:39:42 Monday, and Wed special market days. "I wonder if we will have power allocated to us traders who need it to operate? We have it at our regular stalls on the market days we trade, but what will happen if they move us to the other sheds??? Looks like well not be able to trade."
Management have confirmed that they will be providing electricity for traders who currently have the facility on their normal trading site. Traders will need to specify that in their application. - Ed.
06/12/2014 09:01:23 Special trading days "From past years , the car park was not full, trade on Mondays and we'd were like a regular trading as far as turnover, leave traders be. We can not be moved all the way to the other side of the market...it will not work ."
Have Your Say - click here.
COMMENTS:
05/12/2014 20:39:42 Monday, and Wed special market days. "I wonder if we will have power allocated to us traders who need it to operate? We have it at our regular stalls on the market days we trade, but what will happen if they move us to the other sheds??? Looks like well not be able to trade."
Management have confirmed that they will be providing electricity for traders who currently have the facility on their normal trading site. Traders will need to specify that in their application. - Ed.
06/12/2014 09:01:23 Special trading days "From past years , the car park was not full, trade on Mondays and we'd were like a regular trading as far as turnover, leave traders be. We can not be moved all the way to the other side of the market...it will not work ."